Photos: Alex Fernandez through the years

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Former University of Miami and Florida Marlins standout Alex Fernandez, here with assistant coach Nelson Santovenia (far right) and head coach Rich Bielski, is in his 10th year as the director of baseball operations at Archbishop McCarthy and is widely credited with helping to lead the program to six state titles.

Florida Marlins manager Jim Leyland, left, pulls Alex Fernandez in the third inning of Game 2 of the 1997 NLCS on Oct. 8, 1997, at Turner Field in Atlanta. The starting right-hander later learned he would miss the rest of the postseason with a torn rotator cuff. The Marlins would go on to win the '97 World Series; Fernandez would miss the entire 1998 season to injury. User Upload Caption: fl-hs-bb-fernandez-mccarthy-19971008 Florida Marlins manager Jim Leyland, left, pulls Alex Fernandez in the third inning of Game 2 of the 1997 NLCS on Oct. 8, 1997, at Turner Field in Atlanta. The starting right-hander later learned he would miss the rest of the postseason with a torn rotator cuff. The Marlins would go on to win the '97 World Series; Fernandez would miss the entire 1998 season to injury.

Twenty years ago, Alex Fernandez through his final major league pitch as a member of the world-champion Florida Marlins, and 10 years ago, he began building the baseball program at Archbishop McCarthy into the perennial powerhouse it is today.